Zonkey Walk: Test One

Zonkey Walk: Test 1 from Apex HS Art on Vimeo.

This is a test of the walking ability of the Zonkey Box. This is the first test using different timing and distance to judge the best overall walk cylce plus we included the delightful Will Smith.

Next steps (no pun intended) to take Zonkey for a walk all over Apex. I'm talking about a lot of photos... stay tuned!!

Critter Posters Cont...

Meanwhile, back in the studio...

For those of you sick of reading about stuff that makes us angry.. stuff that makes us mad.. stuff that makes us unhappy...

Along with cranking out a few books this summer I'm also back in the studio working on a few paintings.

An art teacher friend of mine once described my work as "A Party On Paper." 

These works are going to be a combination of the concept behind the Critter Cubes created for a public art project in Wake Forest and the style of my digital work, only using mixed media. 

So these are (still) just started. Let's see where it all goes...

Hope it makes you.. happy!

Shellless # 94 on Amazon!

I'm not unhappy to see Shellless at #94 on the Amazon Best Sellers... even if it is in the top 100 free section! But that's good cause it means you get to read it for free! And that's good because it's a good story and it needs to be read! 

Shellless is the story of Jirst Bluefin trying to overcome his biggest problem, being ignored.  After befriending Kacelia Middleton, the one person in the world who is never ignored, Jirst discovers that it's better to be ignored for no reason than to become popular for the wrong.You can read the entire story from beginning to end, Free! 

This weekend, starting Friday, July 12th thru Sunday, July 14th, Shellless will be available as a free download! How exciting!! 

Click here this during the dates mentioned above to download your free copy of Shellless! 

Shellless: Free This Weekend!

Shellless is the story of Jirst Bluefin trying to overcome his biggest problem, being ignored. You can read the entire story from beginning to end, Free!

This weekend, starting Friday, July 12th thru Sunday, July 14th, Shellless will be available as a free download! How exciting!!

Click here this during the dates mentioned above to download your free copy of Shellless!

Here is a little about this book -->

After befriending Kacelia Middleton, the one person in the world who is never ignored, Jirst discovers that it's better to be ignored for no reason than to become popular for the wrong.

Jirst Bluefin is a quirky, loner who spends his afternoons talking to imaginary dinosaurs that swim in a pond. The dinosaurs look like turtles that lost their shells. He calls them the Shellless.

After a chance meeting, the intelligent and sophisticated Kacelia Middleton befriends Jirst. Taking note of Jirst's major problem, being ignored, Kacelia encourages him to come out of his shell. 

Jirst tries a few funny, yet failed attempts at gaining popularity. Desperate to acquire recognition, Jirst resorts to telling his classmates the tale of his make-believe, dinosaur friends. However, he inadvertently leaves the impression that the Shellless are real. Believing that extinct plesiosaur swim in the pond of the local park gives Jirst the boost of popularity he covets.

Crushing Turtles : Excerpt

The excitement continues around the 2013 Summer read... First, and this is top secret so don't tell anyone.. there will be three, free giveaways this summer! How exciting! Yes, I know!

First, next weekend, Shellless will be available as a free download at the Kindle Store on Amazon!

The next week, The Metal Marble will also have a free promotional give away!

The week after that will be the launch of the long anticipated release of Crushing Turtles!!

Meanwhile, here is an excerpt from chapter one of the not yet released book...

CRUSHING TURTLES
by
Ian Sands

One

Tori crushes turtles. Sometimes she smashes them with a rock. Sometimes she takes them home and whacks them with a hammer. Her favorite way is to simply step on them till their shells crack beneath her feet. It really doesn’t matter how she crushes them as long as they smush.

She crushes box turtles and painted turtles, sliders and musk turtles. She secretly wishes she could go to the beach and step on baby sea turtles as they leave the nest… but the beach is far away. Besides, there are plenty of turtles to crush at the lake and she can walk there.

The only turtle Tori hasn’t crushed yet; the only one she wants to crush lives in that lake. They say it has a three-foot wide shell and a four-foot long tail. It waits in the mud at the bottom of the lake. That’s why Tori has never seen it. But she knows its there and she hates it.

Shellless

I have to say, with the exception of Crushing Turtles (coming Summer 2013), if you ever wanted to get inside the head of Ian Sands, Shellless is the story.

Shellless is the story of Jirst Bluefin the First as he tries to overcome his biggest problem, being ignored. After befriending Kacelia Middleton, the one person in the world who is never ignored, Jirst discovers that it's better to be ignored for no reason than to become popular for the wrong.

For a buck 99, Shellless is well worth the the price and is certainly the read. Though written as a children's book, like all of my stories, there is certainly element written for adults. 

Shellless on Amazon, Click Here!